Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Jan 2018

Dec 2017

Sep 2017

June 2017

Mar 2017

Dec 2016

Jun 2016

Dec 2015

Malcolm Turnbull

42%

18%

84%

19%

35%

42%

42%

43%

39%

38%

39%

40%

54%

Bill Shorten

27%

55%

6%

35%

22%

25%

28%

29%

26%

26%

28%

29%

15%

Don’t know

31%

27%

10%

46%

43%

33%

31%

28%

34%

36%

33%

32%

31%

42% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister (no change from last month), and 27% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 2%). 31% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.

The results were split by party, with 84% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 55% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.